This is my favourite breakfast ever. It’s it’s a bit like Mexican huevos rancheros or Berber omelette. If you wanted, you could add a drizzle of chilli oil at the end to really spice it up, but the pinch of cumin already in the recipe does it for me.
Moroccan poached eggs. Serves two.
1½ tsp whole [...]
Last night Hannah and I put together a little party to welcome her back to Australia, to introduce her to my friends, and to introduce my friends to hers.
The food went down well. We made rice paper rolls, baba ganoush, hummous and a carrot dip, served with with grilled Turkish bread and crudités.
Carrot [...]
Hannah is moving to Australia tonight. We’re probably having ramen for tea, and I’ve been making some of the ingredients in advance. The stock is on the simmer, and the tea eggs have just come out of their broth. These eggs are beautifully marbled and delicately infused with the taste of tea and spices. They’re [...]
I arrived home in Brisbane to find myself waist-deep in a few varieties of basil. They’re all potted in water-storing pots, which means they survived a month with no watering at all, until the rain started after Christmas. A surplus of basil means only one thing:
Almond Pesto
1½ cups raw almond kernels
1 cup virgin olive oil
150g [...]
With typically good timing I came down with a fever just as I reached Galway, Ireland’s party capital. I soldiered through yesterday, with a daytrip through The Burren and the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare (photos to come), but today has been all about bed rest. Oh, and scones. There’s only so many hours [...]
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